ELVIS,
     In a message dated 07-08Ä97 you wrote ...
> -> dozen BT-13s that had been purchased for the engines and the balance
> -> junked out.
>
> Yeah, the engine was by far the most popular part!    That's where
> all the 985's on the stearmans came from wasn't it?
 In 1946, You could buy a Stearman for $1,000. A BT-13 cost
 $450 through surplus. That was a really cheap way to get
 a 450 hp engine for the Stearman. I understand it was
 stressed for engines up to and including 650 hp...
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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